Techs Follow Chips Higher
As Nasdaq Changes Course

By

Danielle Sessa WSJ.com

Updated March 2, 2001 12:26 a.m. ET

NEW YORK -- Investors pushed aside profit worries and interest-rate anxiety to lift technology stocks off their lowest level in more than two years Thursday. A rally in chip stocks helped the Nasdaq Composite Index storm back from sharp losses to post modest gains for the session.